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Jun. 6, 2025

'GirlsDoPorn' mastermind pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

The scheme used fake company names like "Begin Modeling" and "Bubblegum Casting" to conceal the business's true nature. When women tried to stop filming, Pratt or his associates threatened lawsuits, canceled return flights, and warned they would post the videos online if the shoots weren't completed.

Michael Pratt, the mastermind behind the GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking ring, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to multiple sex trafficking counts.

Pratt, 42, was charged in the Southern District of California in October 2019 with sex trafficking crimes in connection with a scheme to deceive and coerce young women to appear in pornographic videos. He fled the U.S. in 2019 and was placed on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list, until his arrest in Spain in December 2022. He wa...

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